Deck 2: Characters and Themes in Untouchable and the Shadow Lines

Question 1

Who helped Sohini fill her water bucket.

A)A sahib
B)A priest of the town temple
C)A Hindu water-carrier
D)A sweeper

Answer 1

A priest of the town temple

Question 2

Bakha is the son of

A)The jemadar of sweepers and public latrines.
B)The foreman of the outcaste colony
C)The jemadar of all temple beggars
D)A police constable

Answer 2

The jemadar of sweepers and public latrines.

Question 3

Sohini is the sister of

A)Lakha
B)Bakha
C)Colonel Hutchinson
D)Kalinath

Answer 3

Bakha

Question 4

Bakha is encouraged to convert to Christianity by

A)Ramcharan
B)Havildar Charat Singh
C)Iqbalnath
D)Colonel Hutchinson

Question 5

Sohini is sexually tortured by

A)Colonel Hutchinson
B)Kalinath
C)Ramcharan
D)Havildar Charat Singh

Question 6

Untouchable narrates a story that took place within a span of

A)One hour
B)One day
C)One month
D)One year

Question 7

A hockey stick was given to Bakha by

A)Lakha
B)Colonel Hutchinson
C)Gandhi
D)Havildar Charat Singh

Question 8

Towards the end of Untouchable, Bakha is convinced that ______ will free them of untouchability.

A)Voting rights
B)Poetry
C)The Flush system
D)Religious secularism

Question 9

Gulabo, the washer woman is jealous of Sohini because

A)Sohini is smart
B)she is chose and helped by the Pundit
C)of Sohini's rising beauty
D)None of the above

Question 10

Untouchable presents an accord of a single day in

A)Lakha's life
B)Sohini's life
C)Bakha's life
D)Rakha's life

Question 11

A committed and dedicated missionary in Untouchable is

A)Colonel Hutchinson
B)Ram Charan
C)Igbal Nath Sarshar
D)Chart Singh

Question 12

Who is the narrator in 'The Shadow Lines'

A)A fictional character born and raised in Calcutta
B)Tridib
C)Tha'mma
D)Ila

Question 13

'The Shadow Lines' explores the political and economical growth of India through the lives of two families:

A)One English and one Punjabi
B)One Bengali and one English
C)One Gujarati and one English
D)One Assamese and one English

Question 14

The Protagonist in the novel 'The Shadow Lines' is

A)May Price
B)Justice Datta Chaudhari
C)Tridib Mayadebi's son
D)Jethamoshai

Question 15

Ila is the narrator's cousin who lives in

A)Calcutta
B)Dhaka
C)Stockwell London
D)Delhi

Question 16

Tha'mma (the narrator's grandmother) worked as

A)The headmistress of a girls' school in Calcutta
B)The hindi Teacher of a girls' school in Calcutta
C)The Warden of a hostel in Calcutta
D)The owner of girls' school in Calcutta

Question 17

Tridib dies in

A)The London Bombings
B)The Bay of Bengal
C)A car crash
D)A communal riot in Dhaka

Question 18

What was Mrs. Price addicted to?

A)Alcohol
B)Church- sales
C)Collecting stamps
D)Cleaning

Question 19

Who was the narrator in love with?*

A)May Price
B)Tridib
C)Magda
D)Ila

Question 20

Who was the man who still lived in Tha'mma's ancestral home?*

A)Khalil
B)Mayadebi
C)Jethamoshai
D)Tridib

Question 21

Who among these characters was not killed in the communal riot in Dhaka?

A)Tridib
B)Jethamoshai
C)Khalil
D)Tha'mma

Question 22

Who is Nick?

A)May Price's brother
B)May Price's father
C)Ila's brother
D)Tridib's friend

Question 23

The narrator's grandmother Thamma was the headmistress of all-girl school in

A)London
B)Chennai
C)Paris
D)Calcutta

Question 24

The Shadow Lines by Amitav Gosh explores the political and economic growth of India through the lives of two families

A)the Datta-Chaudhuris and the Price family
B)the Singh family and the Peterson family
C)the Sharma family and the Price family
D)the Patels and the Dawson family

Question 25

A recurring nightmare haunts Robi for decades because he witnessed the riot that killed

A)May
B)Tridib
C)Thamma
D)The narrator